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Alas, American viewers will never experience the rapture of watching one rock titan singing Happy Birthday to another. Tonight, with a live appearance at the Odeon in Leicester Square,
David Gilmour, Pink Floyd singer and guitarist, will launch the DVD of his extraordinary night at the Albert Hall. All manner of odds and sods from his long and winding life dropped in, including
David Bowie and
Robert Wyatt - who recalled that the last time he was in the hall, as drummer with Soft Machine, he nipped out for a fag and the doorman refused to readmit him: "He said, look son, we only have proper music in here." Several Floyds turned up, but not
Roger Waters: the two put aside one of rock's most obscure feuds to reform the band for Live 8 two years ago, but Gilmour later warned it would never happen again - "enough is enough".
Rick Wright did turn up, and Gilmour sang the little tribute to his implausible 63rd birthday - but it has had to be edited out of the American version of the DVD, because they haven't been able to get clearance for the copyright of that immortal anthem.

Now for a real star. Muriel McKilligan, who cooks for the 22 fortunate children at Easterfield primary in Aberdeenshire, has been voted the best school dinner lady in Scotland. She says the children like her homemade lentil soup best, which is not just admirable, it's breathtaking.

Expect nothing but positive, happy statements from architect Piers Gough, now he's been appointed - along with Nick Johnson of Urban Splash regeneration consultants, and engineer Hanif Kara - as commissioner at Cabe, the government's advisers on architecture and the built environment. He once said of protests: "The deification of the destructive whinge culture is incredibly bad for us, spiritually and physically."

You might want a lemon to bite on for this, the nation's choice of its cuddliest, most diddumsy stars. In a poll for Trident chewing gum (yes, it's soft) the top soft celebrities were TV presenter Fern Britton, singer Mark Owen and, er, Mr Jordan, Peter Andre. The competition was fiercer in the secret softy tough guys category: Arnold Schwarzenegger made the cut, as did Simon Cowell turning to mush over dear little Connie, the six-year-old contestant on Britain's Got Talent. But the clear winner was Steve McFadden, or rather his EastEnders alter ego, the serially thumped, shot and misunderstood Phil Mitchell.